Our names are Janelle and Kimberly aka Kimbo.  Janelle is 58 years old, a 16 year Breast Cancer Survivor and Kimbo is 62 years old, a 17 year Breast Cancer Survivor.  Both were diagnosed with breast cancer after annual mammograms and choose to have a bi-lateral mastectomy.  Kimbo's reconstruction was done with the tram-flap procedure and Janelle had implants.  We are both very happy with our decisions and the outcome of our reconstruction.  

  Janelle and Kimbo became friends when Kimbo learned that Janelle had breast cancer.  Kimbo mentored Janelle through her breast cancer journey which turned into a lifetime friendship.  After Janelle completed her journey we decided together that we had what it takes to mentor other women as a team.  We had so much to offer other women.  

  Having Breast Cancer is not the end of the world.  We promise that you will look back and re-evaluate your life and what is important.  We both cannot say that we regret our experience with breast cancer.  We look at life as a gift, things that seemed so important in the past are not so important anymore.  You tend to have less patients with the trivial things that come your way in life. 

  In 2008, Janelle and Kimbo were honored to be handed over the baton in the relay of support from a group called the “Bosom Buddies” in Canyon Lake, California.  One of the definitions of “buddy” is a good friend, which most women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer need. That need for support, friendship and encouragement is what spurred four Canyon Lake breast cancer survivors to start Bosom Buddies in the late eighties.  With plans to fulfill the vision of the original four survivors, Janelle and Kimbo gladly accepted the baton in the relay of support.

 Kimbo & Janelle at the 2012 Relay for Life